The Master Butcher's Apron

The sun never sets
太阳永不落
The blood never dries
血液永不干涸
The selfless sacrifice
无私的牺牲
Of the butchers maligned
是屠夫的诽谤
The sun never sets
太阳永不落
The blood never dries
血液永不干涸
Lest we forget
唯恐我们忘记
The sun never sets
太阳永不落
Teardrops never dry
泪滴永不干涸
This deathless bloodshed
这不死的杀戮
Of the whetted knives
在磨过的刀刃下
For your sons you never wept
你从不为子嗣流过眼泪
The blood never dries
血液永不干涸
The fruitless sacrifice
徒劳的牺牲
Of the master butchers
大屠夫的杰作
Never trusted in the dark
不要在黑暗中轻信
Pecuniary villeinage
金钱的农奴制
A decaying realm to rapine and plunder
堕落的王国，只会劫掠抢夺
Like maggots colonizing
像蛆虫一般的殖民
Contagious disease contaminating
传染性疾病污染众生
Expansionist plague to pillage & conquer
扩张主义的瘟疫来掠夺和征服
The union of cruciate & saltire
十字和X字的结合（暗指英国国旗）
The callous cruciate & saltire
无情的十与X
To beneficiate the graveyard of empire
使帝国的墓地得益
In the name of his tyrannical majesty
以他残暴君王的名义
To serve the imperialist tragedy
侍奉帝国主义的悲剧
A cruel serving sovereignty
残酷的奉养着主权国
A subjugating murderous monarchy
一个侵略的凶残君主专制
Recollections of the past, revised, laundered, tainted & poisoned
反思过往的行为，被修正，清洗，亵渎和毒害
But I'll raise a toast to the memory of those who served in the
但是我要为那些人举杯纪念
West African squadron
那些西非中队的服役者
Merciful overlords
仁慈的统治者
In the name of diabolical oligarchy
以恶魔般的寡头政治的名义
In the kingdom of demise rules supremacy
在死亡的王国里统治着霸权
Solipsistic crowned nobility
唯我论者加官进爵
Stern reigning gunboat diplomacy
严厉的统治，炮舰外交
Recollections of the past, revised, condemn, taint & poison
反思过往的行为，在修正，清洗，亵渎和毒害
But I'll raise my glass to the memory of the wretches who
但我要为那些人举杯纪念
Served in the preventative squadron
那些在预备队中服役的悲剧人物
I salute
我向你们致敬
Those who tugged at the master butcher's apron strings
那些曾试图拽掉大屠夫的围裙的英雄们
The sun never sets
太阳永不落
The blood never dried
血从未干涸
The fruitless sacrifice
徒劳的牺牲
Of the butchers benign
是屠夫的仁慈
The sun it never sets
太阳永不落
The blood never dries
血液永不干涸
Lest we forget
唯恐我们忘记
That the master butchers still whet their knives
大屠夫们还在磨刀